October 31, 2023

Virtually all republican voters want “the swamp” drained.  Donald Trump won on that message in 2016, increased his vote total in 2020 over his 2016 total, and enjoys overwhelming support for 2024, far outpacing his closest primary competitors.  The voters are making their will abundantly clear. 

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Most of us understand that a big part of draining the swamp is to force a course correction on the House of Representatives after years of having it run by wannabe mob boss Nancy Pelosi.  The voters are tired of omnibus spending bills and continuing spending resolutions designed to sidestep public scrutiny. 

Another part of draining the swamp is neutering the control that the Uniparty has over the Republican Caucus in the House.  It is essential to expose the truth about what “the Uniparty” is, and what RINO’s really are, to rank-and-file Republican voters who may not grasp it yet. 

When Republicans squeaked out a win in the House in 2022, they won because an ever-increasing percentage of voters have come to realize that drastic steps are needed, right now, to save the Republic.  The new representatives understood why the voters put them in.  They were sent there to end “business as usual,” come alongside the conservatives who were already there fighting (the Freedom Caucus), and work to get the House back into the hands of the people.

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When the current Congress convened in January of 2023, Kevin McCarthy was the man the Uniparty put forward for speaker of the House.  As House minority leader, McCarthy had a well earned reputation as a squish and probable RINO.  Very few republican voters wanted Kevin McCarthy as speaker at the time, but the Uniparty fully expected that their guy would be voted in, as usual.  

Something happened.  The Freedom Caucus refused to vote for McCarthy until he made concessions, placing Freedom Caucus members in prominent positions on important committees so they could advance the conservative priorities that the voters demanded in 2022.  The Uniparty was displeased at its loss of control over the Republican caucus.

McCarthy seemed as though he might be on board with conservatives in the early days.  He took out some trash and allowed important investigations to begin.

He soon began backsliding, however.  He unilaterally negotiated one continuing spending resolution.  He then recessed the House for six weeks, which necessitated another continuing spending resolution later.  This, despite promising to end continuing spending resolutions.  So much for that.  How about rejecting omnibus spending bills in favor of presenting individual appropriations bills to the House?  Never happened.    

McCarthy also balked at allowing an official impeachment inquiry into President Biden, despite compelling evidence of Biden’s corruption coming to light.  He agreed only after being threatened with removal.

Finally, the Freedom Caucus had enough and voted McCarthy out.